Nils Mathisen (born 24 January 1959) is a

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jazz musician (keyboards, violin, guitar and bass) and composer, known from significant efforts within cabaret and musicals. Mathisen has released two solo albums, and contributed to releases by Jan Werner,

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, Elg and

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. He is the brother of jazz musicians

Per Mathisen Per Mathisen (born 7 October 1969) is a Norwegian jazz bassist and composer who has worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen, Gary Thomas, Bill Bruford, Alex Acuña, Gary Husband, Ralph Peterson, Nguyen Le and Terje Rypdal. He is married t ...

(bass),

Hans Mathisen Hans Mathisen (born 27 July 1967 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz guitarist, educated on the Jazzprogram at Trondheim musikkonservatorium (1988–90), well known for his Pat Metheny and Wes Montgomery inspired performances. He is the b ...

(guitar) and

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(saxophone and clarinet).

Career

Born in

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, Norway, Mathisen was educated ''

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Landbruksskole'' (1981–82) and ''

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Ingeniørhøgskole'' (1984–85). He started as professional musician when he was 15 years old. In his own ''Nils Mathisen Band'', he played with his brother

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, and the music in the West Coast Jazz-Rock genre. They released an album on label Mudi, ''Pop Coast'' (2007), which had eleven weeks on

Norsktoppen ''Norsktoppen'' was a musical hit list at NRK Radio, originally playing songs exclusively by Norwegian artists. Until 1986, the songs had to be in the Norwegian language. ''Norsktoppen'' started airing in 1973, once a week. Norsktoppen was can ...

Discography

*''Pop Coast'' (Mudi, 2007) *''Do Not Cover'' (Audiovisjon Records, 2008)

References

External links

Nils Mathisen Official Website
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